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[Bolton Abbey on the River Wharfe.]
[John Charles Bromley after Thomas Girtin.] J.M.W. Turner's Copies. [faint etching, lower right ].
[1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters; 200 x 275mm (8 x 10¾''), with uncut margins.
A view of Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor. Probably the same occurs on the other Girtin plates''. Rawlinson p.364, note 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67662] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Bolton Abbey on the River Wharfe.]
[John Charles Bromley after Thomas Girtin.] J.M.W. Turner's Copies. [faint etching, lower right ].
[1825.]
Mezzotint, proof before letters, bottom right printed "J.M.W.T. Selerlson". 200 x 275mm (8 x 10¾''), with uncut margins. Foxing.
A view of Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor. Probably the same occurs on the other Girtin plates''. Rawlinson p.364, note 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67663] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
The North-West Prospect of the University and Town of Cambridge.
[after Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.]
London Mag. [1775]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 350mm (8 x 13¾"). Trimmed. Creasing as usual. Small hole bottom.
A view of Cambridge with a 31-point key and the University arms underneath, adapted from the large prospect by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck. About this time the publisher Robert Sayer bought the Buck copper plates, re-publishing them in 1778.
[Ref: 67417] £220.00
(£264.00 incl.VAT)
Prospectus Cantabrigiae Orientalis. The Prospect of Cambridge from the East.
Dav: Loggan delin: et sculp: cum Privil S.R.M.
[Cambridge, 1690.]
Engraving, very fine impression. 165 x 460mm (6½ x 18"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A view of Cambridge with a 19-point key in Latin and English, from David Loggan's 'Cantabrigia illustrata'. In the foreground are the riders of a hunt and a shepherd and flock.
[Ref: 67416] £420.00
The Prospect of Cambridge from the West. Prispectus Cantabrigiae Occidentalis.
[engraved by Johannes Kip.]
[London: David Mortier, c.1707.]
Engraving. 470 x 595mm (18½ x 23½"). Trimmed to platemark, repaired tear on left and repaired wormholes on right.
A view of Cambridge with a 19-point key, published in 'Britannia Illustrata'. In the foreground a cornfield is being harvested.
[Ref: 67413] £980.00
Chequers Court, Bucks. Restored.
E.B.Lamb, Arch.t del. E.Bedford, Litho.
Published by John Weale, 59, High Holborn, London, 1846.
Lithograph. Sheet 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10").
A view of Chequers House, Buckinghamshire. The house, originally built in the mid-16th century, was Gothicised in the early 19th century before being restored to its Elizabethan appearance between 1892 and 1901. Chequers House has served as the country home for the serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, since 1921. The estate was given to the nation by Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, by a Deed of Settlement, given full effect in the Chequers Estate Act 1917.
[Ref: 67678] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
The S:o View of Pitt Place near Epsom, the Villa of Tho.s Fitzherbert Esq.r [old ink mss.].
[n.d., c.1780's.]
Extremely rare coloured etching, J. Whatman watermark. 300 x 395mm (11¾ x 15½"). Wear in margins. Small margins.
A view of Pitt Place, Epsom, purchased by the Fitzherberts in 1782, showing the conservatory, aviary and bowling green, with St Martin's Church behind. It was built by Alderman William Belchier c.1756, who is said to have used chimney-work and ornamental lions from Henry VIII's nearby hunting lodge, Nonsuch Palace. Despite being under a preservation order Pitt Place was bulldozed in 1967.
[Ref: 67566] £380.00
[Ripon Minster on the Rivers Ure and Skell..]
[Engraved by Thomas Lupton after William Girtin.] J.M.W. Turner's Copies. [faint etching, lower right ].
[n.d., 1825.]
Mezzotint on steel, proof before letters. 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10"), with uncut margins. Creasing in margins, nick in edge.
A view of York Minster from the River Foss, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor. Probably the same occurs on the other Girtin plates''. Rawlinson p.364, note 1.
[Ref: 67660] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Ripon Minster on the Rivers Ure and Skell..]
[Engraved by Thomas Lupton after William Girtin.]
[n.d., 1825.]
Mezzotint on steel, proof before letters, printed on chine collé, at bottom in pencil "unpublished plate". 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10"), with uncut margins. Foxed.
A view of York Minster from the River Foss, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor. Probably the same occurs on the other Girtin plates''. Rawlinson p.364, note 1. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67661] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Warfield Church. [No.23]
Drawn & Engraved by Chas. Tomkins.
[London: Printed by J. Whiting, Finsbury Place, For J. Manson, Gerrard Street, Soho; and sold by Messrs. White, Fleet Street; T. Payne, Mews Gate; Greenland and Norris, Finsbury Square; H.D. Symonds, Paternoster Row; by the principal Booksellers in Berkshire and the adjoining Counties 1805.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼").
St Michael's Church, Warfield, Berkshire. Boys playing cricket in the paddock beside the church, an early cricket image. Abbey: 292: 23.
[Ref: 67312] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire. Antiquities, N.º 4.
Painted by W. Hodges. Engraved by V. Green, & J. Jukes.
Published Oct. 16th. 1778 by V. Green, Mezzotint Engraver to his Majesty &c. No. 29 Newman Street, Oxford Street, and at No. 52, Strand. Se vend à Londres, chez les Freres Torre, Marchands d'Estampes.
Aquatint. 410 x 550mm (16 x 21½"). Laid on original card at corners. Thread margins, creasing in corners.
The ruins of the Norman Wigmore Castle, founded around 1070 but slighted during the Civil War. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67686] £320.00
[York Minster on the River Foss.]
[Engraved by Thomas Lupton after William Girtin.] J.M.W. T. [faint etching, lower left].
[n.d., 1824.]
Mezzotint on steel, proof before letters. 195 x 275mm (7¾ x 10¾"), with uncut margins.
A view of York Minster from the River Foss, from ''The Rivers of England'', on which Girtin collaborated with J.M.W. Turner, which is believed to be the first series of mezzotint landscapes engraved on steel. According to Rawlinson: ''Turner is believed to have ''touched'' the Girtin plates out of regard for the memory of his early friend. The etched initials ''J.M.W.T.'' appear on a Proof of Girtin's York Minster found in Turner's house and now belonging to Mr. Harold Mellor''. Rawlinson p.364, note 1.
[Ref: 67659] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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